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Re:The Folly of Scientism by rohern on Sunday December 09, 2012 @08:56PM (#4897046)
In a word: duh. However, I do not for a second think that you would not listen more closely to someone like Stephen Hawking than you would a guy shouting "Praise Jesus" on a street corner. There is no fallacy involved here. If Hawking is speaking nonsense, his being Stephen Hawking is not going to save him.
Re:The Folly of Scientism by 001sky on Sunday December 09, 2012 @10:16PM (#4897311)
*If [a scientist] is speaking nonsense, his being [a scientist] is not going to save him.

== Fixed that for ya.

. . . Carry On.